Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (WB-P163742)

Countries
  • Sri Lanka
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Trincomalee, etc
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 28, 2018
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Sri Lanka
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 125.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 140.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Nov 26, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Sep 3, 2018

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Project Description
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According to the bank document, the proposed project interventions will introduce catchment level hydrological assessments that incorporate future climate change projections to assess water availability and identify appropriate investments for upper catchment area treatments, water harvesting, rehabilitation of irrigation systems and reduced flood damage. Once water availability is assessed in a river basin, watersheds, sub-watersheds, cascades and individual tanks, then technical designs will be carried out for the tank irrigation systems, which consist of watershed catchment area, tank headworks, canal system and agriculture production area. The water stored in rehabilitated tanks will be used to commence CSA activities. Management of irrigation schemes will be enhanced through improved capacity of FOs. The project would support the identification, demonstration and adoption of technologies to both improve water use efficiency and enable farmers to diversify their production and move into higher value crops. Finally, support would be provided to enable farmers to have improved market access."

The project will implement in eleven administrative districts include Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Hambantota and Moneragala.

Investment Description
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Co-financing:
Borrower US$ 10 million


Contact Information
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World Bank
Seenithamby Manoharan
Senior Rural Development Specialist
Andrew D. Goodland
Program Leader
Shyam KC
Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist

Implementing Agency
The Ministry of Agriculture
B Wijayaratne
Secretary
sec.agri@yahoo.com

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